# Lowell Sun e-Edition

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id472010204](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id472010204)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id472010204`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MediaNews Group
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (98 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2011-10-21
- **Size:** 128 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lowell-sun-e-edition/id472010204)
- **Website:** [https://medianewsgroup.com/](https://medianewsgroup.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.medianewsgroup.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.medianewsgroup.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Lowell Sun e-Edition delivers a true print replica experience for The Sun of Lowell. Access current issues and up to 30 days of back issues with the same stories, ads, and photos as printed.

Navigate quickly with iOS touch features and sign in with your eEdition account to enjoy seamless access across issues, providing a fast, paper-like reading experience.

## Rankings

- #139,121 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app’s easy, newspaper-like readability and local news access, but recurring issues with login, accessing past editions, reliability, and the new app UI undermine the experience.

### Pros

- Easy to use with intuitive navigation and smooth page turning.
- Readability and layout resemble a newspaper, with readable print and easy zoom.
- Local news focus: keeps you up to date with the Lowell area and is convenient for travel.
- Access to older editions is straightforward, making it easy to review past issues.
- Electronic edition offers good value, at a fraction of the price of the print edition.

### Cons

- Login and account setup problems: users can't register or log in, and access can be denied despite a paid subscription.
- Difficulty accessing past editions: unclear or missing controls to view previous issues.
- Crashes, freezing, and pages failing to refresh, often losing reading progress.
- Subscription/paid access not reliably granting entry, with errors claiming no subscription.
- Frustration with the new app version and UI, including confusing navigation and user experience.

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